Toy



Feb, 27, 1923,

W. H. HUTH.

TOY.

FILED APR. 26.1920.

Patented Feb. 27, 1923.. v UNITED STATES WALTER H. RUTH, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY.

Application Hed April 26, 1920. Serial No. 376,489.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, WALTER ll. HUTH, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to toy figures in general, but more articularly to those which are flexible.` often made of rubber. They can be bent into different shapes, but they have no inherent power to retain themselves in different positions against ythe resiliency or tension of the rubber forming the body of the doll.

Generally stated, therefore, the object of the invention is to provide a toy figure, such as a doll, having a Hexible and resilient body, and flexible but non-resilient metal therein,

referably in the form of a skeleton-like rame, whereby' the springy and flexible body can bend into different positions, and will be retained in any ,positionA by said metal, which latter is of a character to bend back and fort-h without breaking, and is of sufficient stiffness to hold the doll in differentpositions against the resiliency or tension of the rubber body.

To these and other useful ends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a doll embodying the principles of the invention.

F ig. 2 is a sectional view showing the struction of the doll.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a body l having a head 2 and arms 3 and legs 4:, all in the form of an ordinary doll. The body is preferably made of sponge rubber, being, light and lieXible and resilient or springy. A skin 5 is formed on the outside of the body, and forms the superficial area or outer surface thereof. The figure thus formed can be readily bent into different positions, but the highly resilient character of the rubber sponge will return the body to normal position or shape as soon as released. Therefore, in order to obtain the desired result of a doll or other figure lwhich has the inherent power or ability to retain itself in any position against the resiliency or tension of the rubber, a skeleton-like frame 6 is incorporated in the body, as shown, the rubber being molded thereon. This frame 6 can be made of any 7suitable metal, such as `or exam.ple dolls are lead or lead-like metal, the essential requirement-s being that it must be capable of bending back and forth without breaking, and have sufficient stiffness to retain the doll in different positions against the resiliency or tension of the rubber. When the arms or legs, for example, are bent, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the rubber tends to bring them back immediately to normal position, but the lead or other metal frame retains the limbs in any position. The frame can practically be bent indefinitely if metal of proper softness or ductility, such as soft brass, copper or lead or other like metals, be employed. The size and strength and weight of the skeleton-like frame will depend upon the size of the doll and the quality or characteristics of the rubber.

Thus a light and soft and attractive doll is provided having a smooth surface or skin and having internal means solidly embedded in the resilient material, by molding the sponge rubber upon and around the skeletonlike frame to hold it in any bended or flexed position thereof. v

The skeleton shown and described is flexible, it will be seen, because it is made of metal which will bend, but it will be understood that the flexibility of the metal or of the skeleton formed thereby may be obtained or ensured in any suitable or desired manner, for whether the skeleton is y adapted to assume and retain different positions by bending the metal or is otherwise flexible is immaterial, so far as the broader purposes of the invention are concerned, as it is obvious that changes can'be made in this respect without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is l. In a toy figure, a solid body of flexible and resilient material, so that the figure can bend into different positions, and flexible and non-resilient metal entirely embedded directly in said resilient material, so that all portions of the metal are tightly surrounded and held in place by the resilient material, to retain the figure in the different positions, said flexible and resilient material consisting of sponge rubber molded directly upon said metal and provided with a skin forming the outer surface thereof.

2. In a toy figure, a solid body of vflexible and resilient molded rubber material, so that the ligure can bend into different positions, and flexible and non-resilient metal entirely embedded directly in said resilient material, the rubber being molded and formed directly upon said metal` so that all portions of the metal ane tightly surrounded and held in place by the resilient rubber material, to retain the figure in the different positions, said metal being soft and lead-like in character so that it can `bend back and forth without 'breaking and having sufficient stiffness to and resilient material, so that-the figure can bend into different positions, and flexible and non-resilient vmetal entirely embedded directly in said resilient material, so that all portions of the metal are tightly surrounded and held in lace by the resilient material, to 1 WALTER H. HUTH.

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